Residual axial compression capacity of localized blast-damaged RC columns

• Main Authors: Wu, Ke-Chiang., Li, Bing., Tsai, Keh-Chyuan.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95504; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8830
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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